Structure and Time
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Time-'the darkening town' - the night is drawing in.
'they slept in a parked car' -evidence It is night.
Time over night is contracted. We never learn much about what happens around them when they rest.

• markers in the year-'shivering', could show its winter.

'in the morning' -signals it is time for them to move again soon. They are never in one place for too long.
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Time-'he held it up to the light' - daytime now. Light is unusual as it is meant to be dull in the world now. everything is cold.
Time is expanded as McCarthy describes the barn scene.
The man stops to think
'he stood thinking of cows'
'lingering odour of cows.'
'stood listening to the wind'
He takes time to reflect on  their life now.
Emptiness.
There life is now leading to nothing.
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'long night away' -night.
Thew nights are getting slower. As if even trying to rest is a chore to him now. He cant sleep because he always has to be alert. This is why time passes slower.

• McCarthy mentions breakfast and dinner constantly throughout the book. It is like he wants to keep routine to their life. As if they still have structure to their day.

'with their plates and some cornmeal cakes' 3     Breakfast and dinner shows normality in day to day life. It could show that the man wants to try and keep the boys life as normal as possible. He doesn't want to fall out of a routine as it keeps them sane.
'they ate a sumptuous meal by candle light'   162 -this is a treat for them?  'a meal' normally their food is just described as can goods. (dinner)